Links & Commentary 2/16/2016

Kicking Dick Nixon’s ghost; you say you want a revolution, yea-a-ah; world-famous writer of ghost stories proclaims Cruz scariest of all candidates.Fate 2016Was Donald Trump Really Against the Iraq War? [The Atlantic]
Veteran journalist James Fallows writes, “Trump’s prescient opposition to the invasion is an important part of his claim to sound judgment. And he is making it up. I would know.”

Pro-War GOP Boos Donald Trump [Consortium News]
Shocking as it may seem, some liberal leftists are looking at Trump as an alternative to the Clinton war machine. Even more shocking, writer Sam Husseini wrote an entire article without one disparaging remark about Bernie Sanders and his “screwy foreign policy.”

The Blurb Heard Around the World [HuffPo]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Democratic presidential debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders on February 11, accused him of writing “a foreword for a book that basically argues voters should have buyer’s remorse when it comes to President Obama’s leadership and legacy.” Bill Press, the author of that book, corrects the record about what Sanders actually wrote. Could Clinton possibly have been this confused?

Bernie Sanders’ Phantom Movement [Truthdig]
Chris Hedges doesn’t believe Sanders can deliver the revolution. He’s entitled to his opinion, but he’s not entitled to his own facts. I have yet to read an article by Hedges that doesn’t distort facts about Sanders to support his own position, which essentially is that nothing will change without overthrowing the government. He might be right, but this falls under the “careful what you wish for” warning. Ask the Libyans.

Astrologers predict New Hampshire results: whoever wins will be president [The Guardian]Since Mars is the god of war, this election lends itself to a warrior, a ‘long distance athlete’ – and the planets have their opinions on who will win
Lots of original comments on this article. Not. Here is a perfect example of why AChron has a special comment policy for astrology. It doesn’t violate that policy, however, to point out that it’s only one astrologer, using a half-assed methodology that he ignores completely to predict Clinton will win the election. According to his own criteria, he should have picked Bernie Sanders, who has a powerful Moon-Mars conjunction in Aries (and he actually was a long-distance athlete in high school). Oh, and he won the New Hampshire primary by the largest margin in history.

Astrologer Lee Lehman doesn’t make any predictions, but she uses a time-honored technique in the astrologer’s toolbox to assess the probable success of the Clinton and Sanders campaigns using the charts for when they declared their candidacy. [Lee Lehman’s blog]

Phobos & DeimosSaudi launches ‘largest’ military exercises in history of region [Middle East Eye]Riyadh’s 21-nation coalition military drills come as Saudi and Turkey launch separate air defense exercises. The obvious fear is that the Saudis are preparing to launch a ground war in Syria, and there is no question that it would be with U.S. approval. I’m pretty sure this is not what Bernie Sanders meant about the Saudis “getting their hands dirty.”

Financial Astrology
This week’s financial forecast by Ray Merriman. [The Merriman Market Analyst]As significant as the changes witnessed in financial markets have been the past few weeks (really, since the start of this year), the potential for long-term cycle reversals are even greater with the long-term planetary cycles that will occur March-June. These signatures not only signify important movements in financial markets, but also in world politics and possibly events of nature.

Paradigm ShiftAll Physics Is Local [The Atlantic]Einstein’s gravitational waves rest on a genuinely radical idea. “Radical” is a keyword for Aquarius and its planetary ruler, Uranus, which is associated with scientific breakthroughs. There may be implications here for astrology, too. I’m waiting for reviews by astrologers with a background in science.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against two of President Donald Trump's former campaign officials, a court record indicated on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Sam Nunberg, a former political aide to Donald Trump, will be interviewed on Thursday as part of a U.S. special counsel's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

(Reuters) - Pennsylvania Republicans on Wednesday filed an emergency appeal asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a new congressional map drawn by the state's top court from taking effect ahead of this year's mid-term elections.

WASHINGTON/TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Students galvanized by the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school confronted lawmakers on Wednesday with demands to restrict sales of assault rifles, while President Donald Trump suggested arming teachers as a way to stop more U.S. rampages.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic leaders called on Congress on Wednesday to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation $300 million to fight foreign efforts to interfere in congressional and state elections in November, amid growing concerns about potential Russian influence on the polls.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering new sanctions against Russia in response to election meddling and a devastating cyber attack last year, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday, pushing back against criticism that it has been slow to act.

BOSTON (Reuters) - A coalition that includes a Latino membership organization and a former Massachusetts governor filed lawsuits on Wednesday challenging how four U.S. states allocate their Electoral College votes in presidential elections.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to broaden protections for corporate insiders who call out misconduct, ruling they must take claims of wrongdoing to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to be shielded against retaliation.